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Broward Behavioral Health Coalition

BBHC, the Managing Entity for the Southeast Region, is committed to the development of a recovery focused, integrated, and comprehensive behavioral health system of care for providing treatment and support services to individuals and their families in Broward County, Florida. Services are designed to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the community.

Services include prevention, intervention, assessment, case management, outpatient, intensive outpatient, day treatment, residential, crisis services, detoxification, clubhouse and drop-in centers, assertive community treatment team (FACT), and additional supportive services.

BBHC is proud to be one of Broward’s stakeholders collaborating partners that strongly supports person-served driven services and ensures that family and peer services are interwoven within our provider network. BBHC also leverages additional federal and state funding to assist on system of care transformation supported by best practices.

Serving: Broward county.

Silvia Quintana, Chief Executive Officer, LMHC, CAP

Silvia Quintana is CEO of the Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, where she oversees the management of substance abuse and mental health care systems on behalf of the State of Florida. Quintana is a licensed mental health counselor and certifıed addictions professional.

Quintana has an extensive background in substance abuse and mental health services. She was the principal investigator for Broward County’s One Community Partnership 2 expansion planning and implementation grants, and she now oversees the One Community Partnership 3 expansion grant and the Family CPR Regional Partnership Grant. Previously, she oversaw the management of behavioral health services in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties as the Southern region substance abuse and mental health regional director at the Florida Department of Children and Families. Quintana also served as the principal investigator for the FACES System of Care for a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant in Miami.

Quintana shared her commitment and expertise through service as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Miami School of Continuing Studies and a volunteer promoting artists recovering from mental illness through the National Art Exhibitions.

Central Florida Behavioral Health Network

CFBHN is a not for profit 501 (c) (3) corporation and a CARF International Accredited Services Management Network organization* contracting with community service organizations to provide a full array of publicly funded mental health and substance abuse services in the SunCoast counties. Services include acute care, residential treatment, housing, medical, outpatient, recovery support, and prevention.

Serving: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota counties.

Linda McKinnon, President and Chief Executive Offıcer

Linda McKinnon is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist. Since 2003, she has served as president and CEO of Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, which manages a network of over 100 mental health and substance abuse treatment providers on behalf of the State of Florida.

Under her leadership, CFBHN serves more than 100,000 uninsured individuals who receive direct treatment services and over 10 million who receive some form of prevention services each year. Through this position, McKinnon has developed a deep understanding of local behavioral health needs and is a leader in responding to mental health and substance abuse crises that affect the community.

McKinnon has applied her expertise in a variety of roles, including regional mental health and substance abuse administrator for the Department of Children and Families and President of the State of Florida National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI). Currently, McKinnon serves on the board of the National Council for Behavioral Health and the executive board of the Tampa Bay Regional Domestic Security Task Force Health and Medical Coalition.

Central Florida Cares Health System

Since July 2012, Central Florida Cares Health System, Inc. (CFCHS) has managed substance use and mental health services (also known as behavioral health services) for Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties, and is supported by Florida’s Department of Children and Families. Central Florida Cares fund a services network comprised of many organizations offering various levels of treatment options. These options include prevention, interventions, crisis support, residential treatment, and outpatient services for adults, children, as well as families, to include opioid and medication-assisted treatment. It is important to note Central Florida Cares is not a hospital and we do not provide direct service to patients/clients/customers, but help to make it possible for our network organizations to provide direct services. Keeping in line with our vision to achieve a comprehensive and seamless behavioral health care system and understanding the system is complex, CFCHS focuses on the Recovery Orientated System of Care (ROSC) philosophy that focuses on strength-based approaches that promote hope.

 

CFCHS is dedicated to serving persons in need of mental health and/or substance use services by providing the best possible information, options, and resources available in our community. Furthermore, it is our primary objective to ensure that all individuals are given their “first step towards success” by putting the person served “first” in all aspects of our operation.

Serving: Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties.

Maria Bledsoe, Chief Executive Offıcer

Maria Bledsoe serves as CEO of Central Florida Cares Health System, where she oversees the management of mental health and substance abuse services in Orlando and the surrounding areas on behalf of the State of Florida.

Bledsoe is a veteran of the criminal justice and social services system, with more than 20 years in the fıeld. Her work experience includes organizational operations, contract management, business administration, project management, and strategic planning initiatives.

In her current position, Bledsoe regularly collaborates with multiple stakeholders, including the Florida Department of Children and Families, provider service networks, community organizations, and local individuals and families who are receiving behavioral health services. Her extensive service has given Bledsoe a deep understanding of local behavioral health needs and has made her a leader in responding to mental health and substance abuse crises that affect the community – a background that proved especially valuable when she was called on to coordinate mental health services in the Orlando area following the devastation of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

LSF Health Systems

LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) is one of seven Managing Entities who work in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families to ensure access to evidence-based behavioral health care services for people facing poverty who do not have health insurance.

LSF Health Systems serves a 23-county region in Northeast and North Central Florida, which includes Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lake, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Union and Volusia counties.

State-funded behavioral health services help people and families who don’t have insurance gain access to much-needed mental health and addiction programs. Through this system-wide approach, people at risk for or diagnosed with mental health and/or substance use disorders are able to find the help they need. Services provided through contracted behavioral health care providers include prevention, intervention, treatment, and care coordination to support optimal recovery.

Serving: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lake, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Union, and Volusia counties.

Dr. Christine Cauffıeld, Chief Executive Offıcer

As CEO of LSF Health Systems, Dr. Christine Cauffıeld oversees the mental health and substance abuse services provided to 350,000 Floridians by 62 health care organizations on behalf of the State of Florida. She also serves as Chair of the Florida Association of Managing Entities. President of the Florida Council on Aging, and is an executive committee member of the Brain Injury Association of Florida.

After earning her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology, Dr. Cauffıeld completed her internship and postdoctoral residency at Harvard Medical School, where she specialized in geriatric neuropsychology.

Since then, she has served as CEO and president of multiple organizations that provide health services to patients ranging from children to seniors. Dr. Cauffıeld is passionate about working with local, state, and national government offıcials to advocate for health care policy and funding initiatives. She has also developed national best-practice models for in-home care as well as in-patient, out-patient, and acute care hospital-based units.

Northwest Florida Health Network

NWF Health Network (NWF Health) serves as the Network Management agency for child welfare and substance abuse and mental health (behavioral health) services in northwest Florida. Our sole purpose is to provide the highest quality child welfare, substance abuse, and mental health services to children, adults, and their families within their communities through a managed network of accredited providers. We serve as a centralized source of resources and support for our community and agency partners. Our agency is far more than an administrative office, however. At NWF Health, we strive to develop relationships with our children and families so we can provide them with the individualized attention they need. At NWF Health, we believe that children have the right to grow up safe, healthy, and fulfilled in families that love and nurture them – and – that the children, adults, and elders in our communities deserve exceptional behavioral health services that meet their needs.

Guided by our vision to create local ownership and effective integration of the child welfare and behavioral health systems in each of our 18 communities, we believe that the quality of life for children, adults, and families we serve will dramatically improve, resulting in personal independence and stronger communities.

Serving: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties.

Mike Watkins, Chief Executive Offıcer

Mike Watkins serves as CEO of Northwest Florida Health Network, where he leads initiatives to improve child welfare, mental health, and substance abuse services on behalf of the State of Florida. Through this position, he has developed a deep understanding of local behavioral health needs and is a leader in responding to mental health and substance abuse crises that affect the community. Among his accomplishments was playing a central role in coordinating mental health services in the Florida Panhandle following the devastation of Hurricane Michael.

Watkins previously served as District 7 administrator for the Florida Department of Children and Families. During his time in this role, he developed and maintained a network of community stakeholders to effectively promote public assistance programs pertaining to alcohol, drug abuse, mental health, developmental disabilities, child care, child welfare, and adult welfare. He also implemented a major legislative initiative to modernize the department’s public assistance program.

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